International Tribunal Sides with Ecuador (and Indigenous Peoples) in Dispute with Oil Company

Interesting case from the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, Burlington Resources v. Ecuador. One portion of the dispute centered on Ecuador’s alleged failure to prevent Indigenous peoples in the Amazon from interfering with the oil company’s oil exploration. The Centre held that it did not have jurisdiction over the matter.

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